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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Robert Steingart, Wellesley, MA (US);
David Tzu-wei Chen, Wrentham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Steingart, Wellesley, MA (US);
David Tzu-Wei Chen, Wrentham, MA (US);
Assignee:
3D Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for manufacture of a non-homogeneous article using a 3D voxel-based model of the article and a rapid prototyping device. Use of a voxel-based model provides processing advantages and offers improved realism of the manufactured object with regard to non-homogeneous (i) color, (ii) translucency, and/or (iii) hardness, for example.